DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – Jurors in the Karen Read murder trial saw photos of Read’s Lexus SUV, John O’Keefe’s lost sneaker, and the hooded sweatshirt he was wearing when he died as the trial resumed Monday after a nearly week-long hiatus.
State police Lt. Kevin O’Hara was the first new witness on the stand. He was followed by Maureen Hartnett, a Massachusetts State Police forensic scientist.
The prosecution introduced photos during both O’Hara and Hartnett’s testimony showing evidence gathered in the area where O’Keefe was found unresponsive in a snowbank on the morning of Jan. 29.
Court was last in session on Tuesday, May 28. During court proceedings, Read’s defense finished cross examining federal agent Brian Higgins and the prosecution called seven new witnesses.
Read is facing second degree murder charges after prosecutors said she hit O’Keefe with her SUV and left him to die in a snowbank after dropping him off outside the Canton home of Brian and Nicole Albert.
O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, was dating Read when he died.
Read’s defense has said she is being framed, saying O’Keefe was actually beaten to death during a party inside the Albert home.
Read’s trial began in late April. On Tuesday, John O’Keefe’s niece and nephew testified after Higgins. Jurors then heard testimony from doctors and a former state police crime lab worker who treated O’Keefe and evaluated Read after O’Keefe was found.
Canton’s DPW superintendent and information systems manager also testified before court proceedings ended for the day last Tuesday.
State police lieutenant testifies
Kevin O’Hara serves with a state police unit that conducts evidence searches.
He said his team responded to the Albert home hours after O’Keefe died and found either six or seven pieces of red and clear plastic from a broken trail light during a grid search of a roughly 50-foot area.
Read’s defense concedes the tail light on Read’s SUV was broken at…